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Wozniak is a published researcher and Supermemo is basically the fruit of his PhD thesis.
by whacked_new 18y ago
Wozniak is a published researcher and Supermemo is basically the fruit of his PhD thesis.
- donw 18y agoI'm aware that Wozniak is a published researcher, as I've read a good chunk of his work; what he's done on memory plasticity is very solid, and provides a really good argument for spaced repetition. But nowhere in the doctoral thesis is there a link to any sort of scientific study on the effectiveness of the various iterations of the SuperMemo algorithm. If I'm wrong, please tell me where I can find the information I'm looking for, because it would make my life much easier. Jesus, Mohammed, Yaveh, and Gordon Ramsay could all come down from on high and hand me a learning method that they all swear by, but until I saw some solid data proving its effectiveness, I would remain skeptical.
- whacked_new 18y agoIf you are looking for the most efficient algorithm, then I can say with good confidence that nobody has it figured out yet. The biggest problem with SM is that it is designed for declarative knowledge. I consider it revolutionary in this area, but nevertheless, focusing entirely on declarative knowledge isn't the best strategy either. I'm not so sure about plasticity -- what kind of plasticity is this? How would you test it? Synaptogenesis is out of the question (because this is not a cellular-scale operation). Standardized tests? That itself is full of confounds. I have come across some studies regarding memory decay. Perhaps some algorithm is involved. If you dig around I'm sure you can find something, but conclusive data about the effectiveness of various aglos... you'd think that if it exists, the whole world would know by now.